Impasse on women’s bill

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Lok sabha Speaker Meira Kumar (from right) with Union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad, Praful Patel and other leaders during an all-party meeting on the Women’s Reservation bill in New Delhi on Thursday. The meeting did not yield results with parties like the SP, RJD and the BSP sticking to their stand and opposing the legislation in its present form. PHOTO: Pritam Bandyopadhyay